Pegasos on the way - yay!

[Wilse]

I just got this e-mail:

> Your Pegasos is on his way.

Ya beauty!

This weekend looks even sweeter than most. :pint:

Chix on Dex tonight - all female DJ's - nice.

[Wilse]

T_Bone wrote:
Well sure jusy lord it over us why don't ya?  :-D

:lol: Sorry. I'm not normally one to gloat but:
It's Friday
I'm going clubbing
My Pegasos is on the way
AOS4 looks to be a bit nearer.

Life is sweet ATM.  :-D

[Wilse]

Vincent wrote:
Have a good night out & weekend :-D :pint:

Cheers, I'll do my best. :pint:

[Wilse]

KennyR wrote:
I'm using my Pegasos now - and I promise you, it's the fastest, most responsive system I've ever used.

Kenny, that is sweet music to my, eh, eyes.  :-D
I need to source:
a case
a Hard Drive
Memory
a Sound Card.

Any tips on best types and prices will be greatly appreciated.
And if you can think of anything else I might need/want, let me know.
I already have a Radeon 8500 & plan to use the CD drive from my A1200.

Cheers,

[Wilse]

@Kenny:

You don't need a sound card with a Pegasos! 16bit sound support is built in! As is network support.

Nice one.

See the compatible memory list on MorphZone to pick DIMMS - and to see what ones to avoid.

Will do.

Thanks for the advice.

[Wilse]

My girlfriend has just rang to tell me it's arrived.
I'm itching to get home now.  :-x

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

Why? Chances are it'll be sitting in its box in a cupboard until you get the stuff for it anyway.

Well, I pass PC-Store on my way home and am considering using Peter Plastic on a Case, HD and possibly memory, if they have the correct type. At least that way I can start building it right away.

Is a standard ATX case sufficient?

me throws a metaphorical bucket of water over Wilse

Sploosh! OK, I'm calmer now.  :-o

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

Keep in mind your Peg wont boot without a PS/2 keyboard though - the first time, anyway.

I'll use the one on my g/f's PC for now.

Unfortunately the only way to see that your RAM is not accepted is serial debug output, which is why the nullmodel cable is a good idea.

How does it work? I connect the peg's serial port to the PC's and then what? (Excuse my ignorance.)

Oh, and bed down for some serious tinkering. I swore more times in one day than I have in 10 years, even if the end result was fantastic.

I always thought that would be the case.  :-)
Hopefully I won't swear too much.

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

I picked up some stuff on my way home:

300W ATX Case;
40gb Maxtor HD;
512meg Twinmos RAM which the shop said I could take back in it doesn't work;
1 UDMA cable.

Be careful. I tried to use my family PC's keyboard and it wasn't detected. Cheap TIME crap.

This one is Packard Bell.

I've fixed the mobo to the case and plugged the power supply into the socket at the top of the board.
Are there any other connections to the mobo?

I've also connected the Radeon 8500, the CPU card and seated the RAM in the first slot from the left 9nearest the cpu). Is this the right slot?

The HD and CD are on the same IDE channel for now as I only have one cable. I've connected them to the right hand channel, nearest the front of the case.

I just tried switching on the power and nothing happened at all, not even the fan in the PSU came on. I know I'm probably missing something obvious but any ideas would be appreciated.

Cheers,

[Wilse]

mdma wrote:

Have you tried plugging the 3-pin plug into the wall and flicking the switch Wilse? ;-)

:lol: I'm pretty absent-minded but I did try that. :lol:

[Wilse]

I just had a look at a photo on Morphzone and there are obviously some connections to the mobo I haven't made but the picture is too grainy to see exactly what. I'm not sure what the orientation is forconnecting the power switch lead to the mobo. It has two sockets, one connected to a red wire, the other white. The connection point has three pins.
My RAM appears to be in the wrong slot too.
-update- RAM moved to slot nearest front of case.

[Wilse]

@mdma:

So I'd be wrong in assuming it's the same process as building a PC then?

I've no idea. This is first computer I've built. The nearest I've come to this before was towering my A1200.

Just a thought, is there any voltage settings that you might have missed or something like that?

Possibly but nothing I've noticed.

[Wilse]

@DaveP:

Fuse?

No, I tried the same kettle lead on my amiga and it powered up.

1. a dead short

Of the three options you mentioned, this is the only one I can't rule out. What is a dead short and how do I check for one?

Thanks again,

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

Connect that PWRON on the motherboard to the on switch.

Is that "POWER SW"? (I don't have "PWRON")

See the sheet of A4 with the schematic that came with your Pegasos

I don't seem to have one. I was actually thinking it was odd that there were no instructions. That explains it.

but I can tell you right now its the "bottom" two pins on the connector that's just next to floppy connector.

Should the orange wire go at the bottom or the top?

Cheers,

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

It's marked PWRON on the Pegasos schematic, and POWER SW on the tower cable.

OK.

In fact, if you need it, you can find it here on my webspace, in pdf.

Thanks. Things are much clearer now.  :-P

Each of the tower connectors should have a small label on it. This is oriented upward towards the top of the tower case.

I'll have another go tonight when I get home.